• Senate votes to restore voting rights to four people previously convicted of disenfranchising felonies

    The House has 27 suffrage bills pending a vote in the full chamber.

  • Minnesota senator accidentally votes for elections bill

    In what could have been initially viewed as an act of partisanship in Minnesota's Senate, a Rochester Republican legislator voted for a DFL-backed elections bill last week. However, it turns out that the vote was by accident.

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    How each US senator voted on the $95 foreign aid package

    By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion foreign aid package aimed at bolstering support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, ending months of legislative wrangling among lawmakers over extending help to the American allies. The package, which passed on a 79-18 bipartisan vote, combined four bills approved by

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    How each US senator voted on the $95 foreign aid package

    By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion foreign aid package aimed at bolstering support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, ending months of legislative wrangling among lawmakers over extending help to the American allies. The package, which passed on a 79-18 bipartisan vote, combined four bills approved by

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    How each US senator voted on the $95 foreign aid package

    By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion foreign aid package aimed at bolstering support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, ending months of legislative wrangling among lawmakers over extending help to the American allies. The package, which passed on a 79-18 bipartisan vote, combined four bills approved by

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    How every senator voted on the rejection of Mayorkas impeachment charges

    The US Senate on Wednesday voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, bypassing with procedural votes the first attempt by Congress to oust a Cabinet secretary in more than a century and a half. The pair of votes, which split along partisan lines, swiftly killed a Senate trial that had only just begun, with Democrats and three independents voting to stop the process. The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas in February. The senators voted...

  • Alejandro Mayorkas: Senate votes to dismiss impeachment charges

    It was the first time in almost 150 years the chamber had considered a US cabinet secretary's impeachment.

  • Liberia senate votes to establish war crimes court

    The court will investigate crimes against humanity committed during the African country’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003Senators in Liberia have voted overwhelmingly to establish a war crimes court, two decades after civil conflict ended in the west African country.The new court will investigate and try crimes against humanity and corruption committed during Liberia’s two civil wars between 1989 and 2003, which killed up to 250,000 people. Continue reading

  • Senate Moves Forward with Reauthorization Vote on Warrantless Surveillance Program

    Senate surveillance program extension, Section 702 reauthorization, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), warrantless surveillance, legislative process, national security, individual privacy rights, government surveillance, bipartisan debate

  • Senate Committee Votes 3-2 to Recommend Saunders as Education Secretary

    The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday voted to recommend Zoie Saunders to the full state Senate as Vermont’s next education secretary. The vote was 3-2. Committee chair Sen. Brian Campion (D-Bennington), Sen. Terry Williams (R-Rutland) and Sen. David Weeks (R-Rutland) backed Saunders. Sen. Nader Hashim (D-Windham) and Sen. Martine Gulick (D-Chittenden-Central) voted against the motion. The discussion and vote took less than five minutes. Hashim was the only senator who explained...

  • TikTok is another step closer to a ban in the US following Senate vote

    After a swift vote in the House of Representatives earlier this week, the United States Senate has now passed the National Security Package which includes the controversial potential ban on TikTok in the US. Following the US legislative process, the bill is now heading to President Joe Biden who has previously committed to signing it into law. Should that scenario play out TikTok parent company ByteDance would be left with two choices - divest into a US-based company in the next twelve...

  • Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advances in Senate with big bipartisan vote

    The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to move ahead with $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, bringing the bill to the brink of passage after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad. The vote to end a filibuster